Iced-cocktail container



Aug. 8, 1939. .1. L. BICKERSTAFF ICED-CCCKTAIL CONTAINER Filed Jan. 28,1958 ni v nl 13. Biokershffi Patented Aug. 8, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE ICED-COCKTAIL CONTAINER Judson L. Bickerstafi, BiloxLMiss.Application January 28, 1938, Serial No. 187,542 I 2 Claims. (01. 62-87The present invention relates to improvements in iced-cocktailcontainers and has for an object to provide a cup placed in an ice bowlfor holding a glass in which orange juice, tomato juice or othercocktail juice is contained.

It is the present practice in hotels and restaurants quite generally toserve orange juice and other liquid cocktail in glasses which aredirectly embedded in a large body of ice held in a bowl which is a partof the service. When the patron lifts the glass from the embedding ice,such ice, which is ordinarily in a finely divided condition, slumps intothe cavity previously occupied by the glass. Therefore, the patron, whoseldom is able to consume the cocktail in one draught, and who isdesirous of replacing the glass in the ice cavity in order to keep thecocktail juice cold and as a matter of etiquette to place the cocktailglass somewhere, is prevented from so doing by the encroachmentof theflaked and cracked ice into the space or cavity in the ice bodypreviously occupied by the cocktail glass.

Much annoyance has been caused by attempts to re-insert the cocktailglass in the ice mass. Such attempts are attended by the spilling of thecocktail juice and the squeezing of the ice out of the bowl and ofteninto the lap of the patron.

To avoid these difficulties and inconveniences, I propose to hold theice back out of the cavity by means of a form or cup which is embeddedin the ice pack and which receives the cocktail glass, whereby thecocktail glass may be lifted from and lowered into the cup as many timesas may be desired during the consumption, of the juice therein andwithout any interference whatsoever from the ice mass.

Another object of the invention is to provide a cup which will beperforated to allow the cold air from the ice to circulate in contactwith the cocktail glass whereby to maintain the juice at a properdrinking temperature.

A still further object of the invention is to hold the bottom of thecocktail glass above the bottom of the ice bowl in which water naturallyaccumulates with the aim and purpose in view of avoiding as far aspossible the wetting of the lower portion of the glass which would causedripping on the patron when the glass was removed and placed to the lipsin the act of drinking.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention will be morefully described hereinafter, and will be more particularly pointed outin the claims appended hereto.

In the drawing, wherein like symbols refer to like or correspondingparts throughout the several views.

Figure 1 is a vertical central section taken through an iced-cocktailcontainer constructed in accordance with the. present invention. V

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the improved perforated cup employed,and

Figure 3 is also a perspective view with parts broken away and partsshown in section of the improved cup.

Referring more particularly to the drawing,

5 designates an ordinary bowl of the form employed at hotels andrestaurants for holding a quantity or mass of ice, indicated at 6, in acracked or flaked condition. The cocktail or juice glass is indicatedat 1. This glass 1 is ordinarily placed directly against the ice. Inaccordance with the present invention a perforated cup is employed tohold the glass 1, the cup being permanently retained within the mass 6of the vice or other refrigerant.

The cupis composed of a side wall .8 of a conical form taperingdownwardly toward a lower truncated apex. This wall 8 is formed withnumerous perforations 9. The wall maybe made of sheet metal, wire orother appropriate material rolled into form and soldered, welded, brazedor otherwise secured together and having its upper end Ill rolled overto provide a smooth surface.

In the same way the lower edge II is rolled over to provide a smoothsurface and to facilitate the insertion of the cup in an ice pack. Aperforated bottom [2 is provided for the cup in a raised position abovethe lower edge II in order to form a chamber below the perforated bottomH! for the accommodation of a quantity or mass of ice as indicated at l3in Figure 1.

The cup is preferably of a height to extend slightly above the rim ofthe bowl 5 but appreciably short of the upper edge of the cocktail glass4 I. The glass 1 and the cup 8 will preferably fit together rathersnugly when the glass 1 is in the lowermost position in the cup. Theglass 1 is also preferably tapering to conform generally to the taper ofthe tube 8. Thus the glass will have a narrow bottom which is easilyinsertable in the relatively wide mouth of the perforated cup 8.

In the use of the device, the normal position of the parts is asindicated in Figure 1. In this condition the device is served to thepatron. The ice will contact directly with the wall of the cup and byconductivity will cool that wall, the wall of the juice glass 1 and thejuice within such glass. Moreover cold convection currents from the bodyof ice will enter through the perforations 9 against the wall of theglass 1. The cocktail juice in the glass 1 will thus be cooled to aproper degree without actual contact of the ice with the glass wall andwithout substantially wetting the wall which is always productive of asloppy condition. The juice glass 1 may be lifted out of the perforatedcup by its upper projecting portion and the glass promptly restored toposition in the cup after each use. The bottom of the glass will be heldby the perforated wall l2 above the bottom of the bowl 5 and thus theglass will further be prevented from coming in contact with any wateraccumulating in the bottom of the bowl as a result of the melting of theice.

The perforated cup will retain the ice pack 6 in position and present aconstant cavity therein for receiving the juice glass 7.

After use of the device, the glass may be lifted from the cup by itsupwardly projecting portion and the cup may be removed from the ice packby grasping its upwardly projecting edge ii].

In placing the device in the first instance, the cup 8 may be placed inthe bowl 5 before the ice 6 is deposited around it, or the ice may befirst placed in the bowl 5 and the cup 8 may be inserted by areciprocatory rotating action. The entry into the ice pack will befacilitated because of the raised bottom i2 leaving a lower cylindricaledge H to cut through the ice pack on such rc-- tary movement inopposite directions. This thin edge will aso separate a quantity of theice 53 whereby there will be a substantial vertical portion of the wall8 below the perforated bottom 12 which will be engaged by ice on bothsides to prevent casual shifting of the cup in the bowl 5, particularlywhen it is being borne from the 'kitchen or service room to thecustomers table.

Although metal is preferred, the cup 3 might be made of paper or othermaterial. As examples of some such materials might be mentioned screenmesh wire, crockery, earthen ware, plastics, etc. The perforations 9will preferably be small enough to exclude ice shavings from passingtherethrough.

It is obvious that various changes and modifications may be made in thedetails of construction and design of the above specifically describedembodiment of this invention without departing from the spirit thereof,such changes and modifications being restricted only by the scope of thefollowing claims.

What is claimed is:

1. An iced-cocktail container comprising a bowl containing a mass ofcracked or shaved ice, a cup removably mounted in said bowl and having alower thin edge substantially circular wall for penetrating the ice massby a rotary motion of the cup, said cup having a perforated wall, saidcup also having a perforated bottom spaced appreciably above said lowerthin edge whereby to provide a space below the bottom and within theconfines of that portion of the perforated wall lying wholly below saidbottom to said thin edge, said space adapted to leave the thin edge freeon both sides of said wall, said space also adapted to receive aquantity of the ice mass to center and stabilize the cup, saidperforated wall being reinforced along its lower thin edge and adaptedto rest on the bottom of the bowl, and a juice con-- tainer removablyfitted within said perforated wall and perforated bottom of the cup andbeing taller than the cup to provide a portion standing above the cup tobe grasped and removed.

2. An iced-cocktail container comprising a bowl containing a mass ofcracked or shaved ice, a cup removably mounted in said bowl and having alower thin edge substantially circular wall for penetrating the ice massby a rotary motion of the cup, said cup having a continuous perforatedwall, said cup also having a perforated bottom spaced above said lowerthin edge whereby to provide a space below the bottom and within theconfines of that portion of the perforated wall lying wholly below saidbottom to said thin edge, said space adapted to leave the thin edge freeon both sides of said wall, said space also adapted to receive aquantity of the ice mass to center and stablize the cup, said perforatedwall being reinforced along its lower thin edge and adapted to rest onthe bottom of the bowl, and a juice container removably fitted withinsaid perforated wall and perforated bottom of the cup and being tallerthan the cup to provide a portion standing above the cup to be graspedand removed.

J UDSON L. BICKERSTAFF.

